I feel bad for Bard...he was starting to get Steve Blass disease at the end of 2011 when the Red Sox crapped away the playoffs. Then they tried to convert him to a starter the following season and that made him worse. Then they moved him back to the bullpen, and he didn't have the fastball anymore.

FTFA: In 59 1/3 innings at the big league level for the Red Sox in 2012, Bard walked 43 batters. He walked two batters in an inning of work in the big leagues last season, and 27 in 15 1/3 innings in the minors.